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.2. P. g^laberrimuxn, Hook. f. ] leaves oblong-lanceolate caudate-acumi- 

 nate ijuite glabrous, basal glands or obscure, racemes slender and petioles gla- 

 Drous. P. acuminatum, Herb. Ind. On IT. f. 4" T. 



Eastern tropical Himalaya, Sdcktm, alt. S-5000 ft., J. D. H. Khasia Mrs., alt. 

 5-4000 ft., Simmonds, etc. CnrrTAGONG, J, D. K # T, T. 



_ A branching tree, 30-50 ft., glabrous in all its parts, smelling strongly when 

 oruised of prussic acid. Leaves 4-9 in., base rounded or acute, opaque beneath, with 

 a few large scattered glands or ; nerves spreading and arching; petiole ^ in. Ba- 

 ce?n€5 numerous, erect ; rachis and pedicels slender. Calyx-tube olKJonieJ limb ob- 

 scurely 6-siniiate, disk pubescent at the base. Petals 6, oblanceolate, obtuse, hooded, 

 quite glabrous. Ovary puberulous, soon glabra! e ; style slender, eiserted, nearly 

 straight; stigma capitate. Fruit on a much elongated thickened peduncle, 1 in. 

 transversely. — Except for the perfectly glabrous inflorescence and petals, this closely 

 resembles P. acitmt7iatu7n, 



3. P. Wislitiannrn,£lu7ne, Melanges BotA8o5,n. 2 (p: Walp.AnnAy, 

 . VT-^' leaves rounded-oblong or elliptic obtuse with two large glands at or near the 

 l>ase, mcemes stout pubescent, petals 6-6 tomentose. Thicaites Enum, 102. P. 

 ceylanicum, Bedd. Flo)\ Sylvat. t. 59, excL s^/non, Polyodontia ? ceylanica, 

 Wtffht. Ill I 203 ; le. t. 266. 



Westehn Peninsvla ; Anamallay, Shevarry, Pnlney and Tinevelly ranges, Bed- 

 <fome. Ceylon; central province, alt. 4-8000 ft., Wight, etc. 



A middle-sized tree, glabrous except the young shoots and inflorescence, which are 

 ptibescent with dense appressed hairs. Leaves 3-4 in., coriaceous, base rounded or 

 subacute; nerves arched, spreading, prominent beneath; petiole!-^ in. Eacenus 

 *-4 in. ; axillary, rachis and peduncle stout ; pedicels sometimes ^ in. long. Flowers 

 t in. diam. Caly x-tuhe ohcomc or turbinate; limb 5- rarely 4- or 6-lobed, lobes 

 *^ute. Petals 4-6, oblong, tip rounded, softly tomentose. Statnens about 20. Ovary 

 ^mfe glabrous ; style stout. Fruit § in. transversely, on very stout pedicels. 



^^^' parvifoliunt, Thwaites Enum. 103; leaves smaller sometimes lanceolate, 

 ^ ™emes shorter, pedicels very short, flowers smaller, stamens fewer, fruit ^ in. trans- 



^- ^- lanceolatum, Hook,/. ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate obtusely acumi- 

 T^ ^ glands naiTow oblong, racemes rai-ely axillary, short few-flowered 

 Pii Descent, bracts deciduous, petals 6 linear-lanceolate hairy. 



Le "^^^ ^^^ slender, young ones and petioles puberulons with appressed hairs. 

 ^^h^ ^7^ ^Q*, base very acute, rather glaucous beneath; nerves very oblique, midrib 

 brin V V^ ^^^^y ^^^^^ »' petiole \-i in., slender. Racemes a-| i"- c^"e% o° ^^e 

 suK •? ^^^^ ^^® leaves, about 10-flowered, pubescent, sometimes almost globose, 

 lobpT^ o' P^^^icels i in. Flowers i in. diam. Calyx-tuhe turbinate, limb very shortly 

 -Diff ''^^'^■^ a^out 12 ; style slender. 6^i;ary perfectly glabrous. Frmt not seen. 

 «ers from P. persimilc, Kurz, in the pedicels and glabrous ovary. 



fflaifri ^; '*^*>i8rayl. Hook./.-, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, basal 

 Lnt ^"^^^ or 0, racemes very short axillarv solitary densely pubescent, 

 ^ persistent, calyx G-lobed, petals 0. 



JW ?;^' ^«m^«y {Herb. Kexc, 625), 

 Terv f-^^^'^^ very slender. J^«t'^« 2-3 in., rather coriaceous, base acute, nerves 

 *Iendo \ ®P^^^'^& and arched, perfectly glabrous on both surfaces; petiole \ in., 

 sEorL I' ^!?:^^o^«- Racemes * in. almost globose, rusty tomentose ; pedicels very 

 obtusp Ml ^^S ^^® oblong bracts. Calyx-tube obconic, glabrous withm ; lobes oblong, 

 «b,j4'Y^^* S^flw^W5 about 15, filament slender. .Ovary small, often abortive 



Jnucron^f ' ^^y^^ alabrous. Fruit size of a large pea, nearly globose, with a sharp 

 ^*«ie apex. 



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